Last week, a group of top telecommunications companies sent a letter to the White House stating that the Federal Communications Commission is failing to comply with President Obama’s directive to slash unnecessary regulations. While the group lauded FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s pledge to review the agency’s rules, the current efforts are "plainly insufficient to carry out the President’s vision of meaningful regulatory reform", the letter reads. The letter urges for a "far more rigorous and comprehensive effort to ensure that the governing regulatory framework is appropriately tailored to today’s broadband marketplace, and that outdated and needlessly burdensome rules do not stand in the way of continued investment and innovation".

Additionally, the companies offered suggestions on how the FCC can streamline regulations to promote broadband deployment. The suggestions included: rely more heavily on the market, resist predictive judgments about technology trends, avoid making data fit predetermined outcomes, accelerate its decision making speed, and embrace the limits of its authority.

The letter was signed by Broadband for America Co-Chairmen Michael Powell and Harold Ford, Jr. along with representatives from Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, NCTA, U.S. Telecom, Time Warner Cable, and CTIA.

To view a copy of the letter, click here.